Ventnor City is a somewhat small coastal city (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 12,910 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Ventnor City is the 160th largest community in New Jersey.

Ventnor City is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 88.74% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Ventnor City is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Ventnor City who work in food service (13.92%), sales jobs (12.54%), and personal care services (12.45%).

In addition, Ventnor City is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

The city is also nautical, which means that parts of Ventnor City are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. This is certainly the case with Ventnor City, which has a vibrant tourist economy.

Even though Ventnor City is a smaller city, it has many people who hop on public transportation - mostly the bus - for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.

Ventnor City Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Ventnor City who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 21.36% of adults in Ventnor City have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Ventnor City in 2000 was $22,631, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $90,524 for a family of four.

Ventnor City is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ventnor City home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Ventnor City is White, followed by Asian. Ventnor City also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 17.26% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Ventnor City include Italian, Irish, English, German, Russian, and Polish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Ventnor City's cultural character, accounting for 23.02% of the city's population.

The most common language spoken in Ventnor City is English. Some people also speak Spanish.